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# catholic

adjective (Catholic; catholic); noun (a Catholic, Catholics)

«catholic» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (Catholic, capital C) Belonging to the Roman Catholic Church, the Christian church led by the Pope: a Catholic school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catholic/#m1)
2. (noun) A member of the Catholic Church. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catholic/#m2)
3. (catholic, small c, formal) Including many different kinds of things; wide-ranging: catholic tastes in music. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catholic/#m3)

### In the lessons

In RE lessons pupils learn about Catholic churches, Mass and the Pope; many schools in Ireland, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the USA are Catholic schools. The small-c meaning is formal and rare. Phrases: Catholic school, Roman Catholic, a Catholic church, catholic tastes.

### Examples

- My cousin goes to a Catholic school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catholic/#x1)
- Catholics go to Mass on Sundays. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catholic/#x2)
- The Pope is the leader of the Catholic Church. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catholic/#x3)
- Ireland has many Catholic churches. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catholic/#x4)
- (formal) He has catholic tastes and reads everything from comics to science books. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catholic/#x5)
- Our Catholic primary school is next to the church. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catholic/#x6)

### Note

Capital C for the Church and its members; small c for "wide-ranging". The religion is Catholicism. Catholics are Christians; so are Protestants and Orthodox Christians.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «catholic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catholic/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«catholic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/catholic.html) on Mova free.